Pickin' Post host Mike Shirkey discusses his long-time relationship with music.
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In 1963, Al Kuettner covered the March on Washington and Dr. King's speech on August 28, 1963. In 2007, he talked to Ozarks at Large about that day. His memoir is titled March to a Promised Land and was published in December, 2006. He died in May 2009.
Agricultural production represents a sizable portion of the Arkansas economy, and a major part of that production involves soybeans. Timothy Dennis takes a look at how researchers at the University of Arkansas produce soybean varieties that allow the state's farmers to keep track with trends in the marketplace.
This year's Shakespeare in the Park by The Classical Edge will include free performances at Lawrence Plaza in Bentonville.
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Exxon-Mobil officials meet with state lawmakers to give reassurances about the safety of the Pegasus pipeline. The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture releases a report that claims manufacturing jobs in rural Arkansas towns may never return because of long-term changes to the state's economic landscape. And, state economic development incentives recieve more scrutiny after recent layoffs by companies who accepted them.
A new award was recently created to commemorate individuals' contributions to the Fayetteville music scene.The Rogers School District already plans to expand its newest high school. Bentonville city officials move forward with an ordinance to promote increasing the city's tree canopy. And several Arkansas airports get grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Here are our ten clips of ten classic southern tales, each set in a different southern state. Extra points if you know the actor featured (if not actually heard) in two of our clips this week.
1. Vivian Leigh, as Scarlet, makes a vow at the end of the first half of Gone With the Wind. (Goeriga)
2. Richard Widmark, as Col. Bowie, questions the wisdom of defending the Alamo. (Texas)
3. Sally Field is encouraged to hit Shirley MacLaine in Steel Magnolias. (Louisiana)
4. Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs in In The Heat of the Night. (Mississippi)
5. John Wayne takes gets ready to take out four bandits in the 1969 film adaptation of Charles Portis' True Grit. (Arkansas)
6. Gary Cooper is a true shot even before he joins the military in Sgt. York. (Tennessee)
7. The five seconds we can air from Al Pacino in Scarface. (Florida)
8. Jeff Goldblum makes the case for a rationalization in the Big Chill. (South Carolina. Yes, South Carolina...who knew?)
9. Cape Fear. Scary. Robert DeNiro, of course. (North Carolina)
10. Boo Radley saves the day in To Kill a Mockingbird. (Alabama)
Apologies to: Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Maryland.
1. Vivian Leigh, as Scarlet, makes a vow at the end of the first half of Gone With the Wind. (Goeriga)
2. Richard Widmark, as Col. Bowie, questions the wisdom of defending the Alamo. (Texas)
3. Sally Field is encouraged to hit Shirley MacLaine in Steel Magnolias. (Louisiana)
4. Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs in In The Heat of the Night. (Mississippi)
5. John Wayne takes gets ready to take out four bandits in the 1969 film adaptation of Charles Portis' True Grit. (Arkansas)
6. Gary Cooper is a true shot even before he joins the military in Sgt. York. (Tennessee)
7. The five seconds we can air from Al Pacino in Scarface. (Florida)
8. Jeff Goldblum makes the case for a rationalization in the Big Chill. (South Carolina. Yes, South Carolina...who knew?)
9. Cape Fear. Scary. Robert DeNiro, of course. (North Carolina)
10. Boo Radley saves the day in To Kill a Mockingbird. (Alabama)
Apologies to: Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Maryland.
Dozens of people attended a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning at Cooperative Emergency Outreach's new location at 1649 E. Huntsville in Fayetteville.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about retailers early plans for the holiday season and a change in responsibilities for Fort Smith's city administration.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a look at the increasing educational accountability standards placed on the nation's 5-year-olds. Plus, Michael Pakko discusses the state's economy, and more.
January may be quiet at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, but it isn't lazy.
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Wayne Bell sits down to offer analysis about the Oscar nominations announced last week.
"Girl of the North Country" by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash
Governor Beebe used his state of the state address today to talk briefly about his plans to further cut the state grocery tax. Meanwhile, a state grant is set to help Fayetteville residents recycle unwanted electronics waste. And, Walmart makes a pair of announcements today; one involving the hiring of veterans and the other centered on purchasing more domestically produced goods.
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>Before today's state of the state address delivered to a joint session of the Arkansas legislature, Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas sat down with Governor Mike Beebe last week to ask questions submitted by listeners about the 2013 state legislative session.
Last week, Fort Smith officials were introduced to the idea of holding an urban deer hunt to help control deer populations in the Chaffee Crossing area. There was some concern about the safety of conducting such hunts in the city, but Ozarks at Large’s Timothy Dennis discovers that safety is not an afterthought in planning these urban hunts
